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Paper 2: Metropolis     

Please consider all portions of the prompt in your essay. Your paper should be at least 1100 words.  Please use a readable font and double-space your paper. You must submit it via your account on Turnitin.com (make sure you are correctly registered on the site WELL BEFORE you attempt to submit your paper - see the Syllabus for information).

Do not use outside sources; stick to the film and the course reading assignments. Remember to cite these sources if you quote them, borrow turns of phrase from them, or appropriate ideas directly from them. Limit direct quotations to 2 lines or less per quote.

You may use any formal method of citation, but stick to the same method throughout your paper.

Avoid plot summary.

Paper 2 Prompt:

Consider the various modern values we've discussed in class. Tell me how modernity (as we've discussed it) is reflected in Fritz Lang's Metropolis. This means you will have to define the term (as discussed in class) and talk about the various elements of modernity we've covered in class. Choose at least three primary source readings from class - from the early Renaissance onward - to illustrate the various modern ideas or values that are - or are NOT - represented in the film.

Remember:

· Explain your points clearly and provide examples!

· Primary source readings are the readings that come directly from the eras and civilizations we've studied, NOT the textbook chapters.

· I HAVE DEFINED "MODERNITY" FOR YOU IN LECTURE.

Readings from Class:

http://civ.strangegirl.com/castiglione.html

http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm

http://www.noteaccess.com/Texts/Alberti/2.htm

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm#link2HCH0013